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Malaria Journal

Ausgabe 1/2008

Inhalt (263 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Host erythrocyte polymorphisms and exposure to Plasmodium falciparum in Papua New Guinea

Freya JI Fowkes, Pascal Michon, Lynn Pilling, Ruth M Ripley, Livingstone Tavul, Heather J Imrie, Caira M Woods, Charles S Mgone, Adrian JF Luty, Karen P Day

Open Access Research

Risk factors for house-entry by malaria vectors in a rural town and satellite villages in The Gambia

Matthew J Kirby, Clare Green, Paul M Milligan, Charalambos Sismanidis, Momadou Jasseh, David J Conway, Steven W Lindsay

Open Access Research

Recombinant human erythropoietin increases survival and reduces neuronal apoptosis in a murine model of cerebral malaria

Lothar Wiese, Casper Hempel, Milena Penkowa, Nikolai Kirkby, Jørgen AL Kurtzhals

Open Access Case study

The costs of introducing artemisinin-based combination therapy: evidence from district-wide implementation in rural Tanzania

Joseph D Njau, Catherine A Goodman, S Patrick Kachur, Jo Mulligan, John S Munkondya, Naiman Mchomvu, Salim Abdulla, Peter Bloland, Anne Mills

Open Access Research

Feasibility and acceptability of artemisinin-based combination therapy for the home management of malaria in four African sites

Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Edmund N Browne, Bertha Garshong, Fred Bateganya, Bidemi Yusuf, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Leticia Doamekpor, Andrew Balyeku, Kaendi Munguti, Simon Cousens, Franco Pagnoni

Open Access Research

Malaria risk and access to prevention and treatment in the paddies of the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

Manuel W Hetzel, Sandra Alba, Mariette Fankhauser, Iddy Mayumana, Christian Lengeler, Brigit Obrist, Rose Nathan, Ahmed M Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Alexander Schulze, Hassan Mshinda

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Monitoring the operational impact of insecticide usage for malaria control on Anopheles funestus from Mozambique

Sonia LR Casimiro, Janet Hemingway, Brian L Sharp, Michael Coleman

Open Access Research

Differential evolution of anti-VAR2CSA- IgG3 in primigravidae and multigravidae pregnant women infected by Plasmodium falciparum

Juliette Guitard, Gilles Cottrell, Nellie Moulopo Magnouha, Ali Salanti, Tengfei Li, Sokhna Sow, Philippe Deloron, Nicaise Tuikue Ndam

Open Access Research

Distribution of Anopheles in Vietnam, with particular attention to malaria vectors of the Anopheles minimus complex

Claire Garros, Cam Van Nguyen, Ho Dinh Trung, Wim Van Bortel, Marc Coosemans, Sylvie Manguin

Open Access Research

Polymorphisms of TNF-enhancer and gene for FcγRIIa correlate with the severity of falciparum malaria in the ethnically diverse Indian population

Swapnil Sinha, Shrawan K Mishra, Shweta Sharma, Phani K Patibandla, Prashant K Mallick, Surya K Sharma, Sanjib Mohanty, Sudhanshu S Pati, Saroj K Mishra, Bheshaj K Ramteke, RM Bhatt, Hema Joshi, Aditya P Dash, Ramesh C Ahuja, Shally Awasthi, Vimala Venkatesh, Saman Habib

Open Access Review

Comparison of all-cause and malaria-specific mortality from two West African countries with different malaria transmission patterns

Robert P Ndugwa, Heribert Ramroth, Olaf Müller, Momodou Jasseh, Ali Sié, Bocar Kouyaté, Brian Greenwood, Heiko Becher

Open Access Research

Randomized, comparative study of the efficacy and safety of artesunate plus amodiaquine, administered as a single daily intake versus two daily intakes in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Jean Louis A Ndiaye, Babacar Faye, Amadou M Diouf, Thomas Kuété, Moustapha Cisse, Papa A Seck, Phillipe Brasseur, Albert Same-Ekobo, Valerie Lameyre, Oumar Gaye

Open Access Research

Multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection in asymptomatic children in Senegal: relation to transmission, age and erythrocyte variants

Manijeh Vafa, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Judith Anchang, André Garcia, Florence Migot-Nabias

Open Access Research

Characterization of two putative potassium channels in Plasmodium falciparum

Karena L Waller, Sean M McBride, Kami Kim, Thomas V McDonald

Open Access Methodology

A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Ulrike Fillinger, Khadija Kannady, George William, Michael J Vanek, Stefan Dongus, Dickson Nyika, Yvonne Geissbühler, Prosper P Chaki, Nico J Govella, Evan M Mathenge, Burton H Singer, Hassan Mshinda, Steven W Lindsay, Marcel Tanner, Deo Mtasiwa, Marcia C de Castro, Gerry F Killeen

Open Access Research

An interactive model for the assessment of the economic costs and benefits of different rapid diagnostic tests for malaria

Yoel Lubell, Heidi Hopkins, Christopher JM Whitty, Sarah G Staedke, Anne Mills

Open Access Research

Pilot assessment of the sensitivity of the malaria thin film

Colin Ohrt, Wendy Prudhomme O'Meara, Shon Remich, Peter McEvoy, Bernhards Ogutu, Ramadan Mtalib, James Sande Odera

Open Access Research

Assessment of a treatment guideline to improve home management of malaria in children in rural south-west Nigeria

Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Catherine O Falade, E Afolabi Bamgboye, Ayo MJ Oduola, Oladele O Kale

Open Access Case study

From chloroquine to artemether-lumefantrine: the process of drug policy change in Zambia

Naawa Sipilanyambe, Jonathon L Simon, Pascalina Chanda, Peter Olumese, Robert W Snow, Davidson H Hamer

Open Access Research

Maternal peripheral blood level of IL-10 as a marker for inflammatory placental malaria

Edward R Kabyemela, Atis Muehlenbachs, Michal Fried, Jonathan D Kurtis, Theonest K Mutabingwa, Patrick E Duffy

Open Access Research

Clinical malaria in African pregnant women

Azucena Bardají, Betuel Sigauque, Laia Bruni, Cleofé Romagosa, Sergi Sanz, Samuel Mabunda, Inacio Mandomando, John Aponte, Esperança Sevene, Pedro L Alonso, Clara Menéndez

Open Access Research

Malaria in central Vietnam: analysis of risk factors by multivariate analysis and classification tree models

Ngo Duc Thang, Annette Erhart, Niko Speybroeck, Le Xuan Hung, Le Khanh Thuan, Cong Trinh Hung, Pham Van Ky, Marc Coosemans, Umberto D'Alessandro

Open Access Research

Why don't health workers prescribe ACT? A qualitative study of factors affecting the prescription of artemether-lumefantrine

Beatrice Wasunna, Dejan Zurovac, Catherine A Goodman, Robert W Snow

Open Access Research

Prevalence of contraindications to mefloquine use among USA military personnel deployed to Afghanistan

Remington L Nevin, Paul P Pietrusiak, Jennifer B Caci

Open Access Research

Sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine versus amodiaquine for treating uncomplicated childhood malaria in Gabon: A randomized trial to guide national policy

Basile Nsimba, Vincent Guiyedi, Modeste Mabika-Mamfoumbi, Jean Romain Mourou-Mbina, Edgard Ngoungou, Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Romaric Loembet, Rémy Durand, Jacques Le Bras, Maryvonne Kombila

Open Access Research

Costs and effects of the Tanzanian national voucher scheme for insecticide-treated nets

Jo-Ann Mulligan, Joshua Yukich, Kara Hanson

Open Access Research

Household cost of malaria overdiagnosis in rural Mozambique

Jen CC Hume, Guy Barnish, Tara Mangal, Luiz Armázio, Elizabeth Streat, Imelda Bates

Open Access Methodology

Quantitative urban classification for malaria epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa

Jose G Siri, Kim A Lindblade, Daniel H Rosen, Bernard Onyango, John Vulule, Laurence Slutsker, Mark L Wilson

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Plasmodium vivax dhfr and dhps mutations in isolates from Madagascar and therapeutic response to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine

Céline Barnadas, Magali Tichit, Christiane Bouchier, Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Laurence Randrianasolo, Rogelin Raherinjafy, Martial Jahevitra, Stéphane Picot, Didier Ménard

Open Access Research

Malaria in rural Mozambique. Part I: Children attending the outpatient clinic

Caterina Guinovart, Quique Bassat, Betuel Sigaúque, Pedro Aide, Jahit Sacarlal, Tacilta Nhampossa, Azucena Bardají, Ariel Nhacolo, Eusébio Macete, Inácio Mandomando, John J Aponte, Clara Menéndez, Pedro L Alonso

Open Access Research

Malaria in rural Mozambique. Part II: children admitted to hospital

Quique Bassat, Caterina Guinovart, Betuel Sigaúque, Pedro Aide, Jahit Sacarlal, Tacilta Nhampossa, Azucena Bardají, Ariel Nhacolo, Eusébio Macete, Inácio Mandomando, John J Aponte, Clara Menéndez, Pedro L Alonso

Open Access Research

An experimental hut evaluation of Olyset® nets against anopheline mosquitoes after seven years use in Tanzanian villages

Robert C Malima, Stephen M Magesa, Patrick K Tungu, Victor Mwingira, Frank S Magogo, Wema Sudi, Frank W Mosha, Christopher F Curtis, Caroline Maxwell, Mark Rowland

Open Access Research

A census-weighted, spatially-stratified household sampling strategy for urban malaria epidemiology

Jose G Siri, Kim A Lindblade, Daniel H Rosen, Bernard Onyango, John M Vulule, Laurence Slutsker, Mark L Wilson

Open Access Research

Topography-derived wetness indices are associated with household-level malaria risk in two communities in the western Kenyan highlands

Justin M Cohen, Kacey C Ernst, Kim A Lindblade, John M Vulule, Chandy C John, Mark L Wilson

Open Access Research

Cytokine-associated neutrophil extracellular traps and antinuclear antibodies in Plasmodium falciparum infected children under six years of age

Virginia S Baker, Godwin E Imade, Norman B Molta, Pallavi Tawde, Sunday D Pam, Michael O Obadofin, Soloman A Sagay, Daniel Z Egah, Daniel Iya, Bangmboye B Afolabi, Murray Baker, Karen Ford, Robert Ford, Kenneth H Roux, Thomas CS Keller III

Open Access Research

Immunologic activation of human syncytiotrophoblast by Plasmodium falciparum

Naomi W Lucchi, David S Peterson, Julie M Moore

Open Access Research

Host choice and multiple blood feeding behaviour of malaria vectors and other anophelines in Mwea rice scheme, Kenya

Simon M Muriu, Ephantus J Muturi, Josephat I Shililu, Charles M Mbogo, Joseph M Mwangangi, Benjamin G Jacob, Lucy W Irungu, Richard W Mukabana, John I Githure, Robert J Novak

Open Access Methodology

Concentration and purification by magnetic separation of the erythrocytic stages of all human Plasmodium species

Clotilde Ribaut, Antoine Berry, Séverine Chevalley, Karine Reybier, Isabelle Morlais, Daniel Parzy, Françoise Nepveu, Françoise Benoit-Vical, Alexis Valentin

Open Access Research

No miRNA were found in Plasmodium and the ones identified in erythrocytes could not be correlated with infection

Xiangyang Xue, Qingfeng Zhang, Yufu Huang, Le Feng, Weiqing Pan

Open Access Methodology

Real-time PCR/MCA assay using fluorescence resonance energy transfer for the genotyping of resistance related DHPS-540 mutations in Plasmodium falciparum

Petra F Mens, Chantal van Overmeir, Maryline Bonnet, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Umberto d'Alessandro

Open Access Research

Long-term field performance of a polyester-based long-lasting insecticidal mosquito net in rural Uganda

Albert Kilian, Wilson Byamukama, Olivier Pigeon, Francis Atieli, Stephan Duchon, Chi Phan

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Process and effects of a community intervention on malaria in rural Burkina Faso: randomized controlled trial

Bocar Kouyaté, Florent Somé, Albrecht Jahn, Boubacar Coulibaly, Jaran Eriksen, Rainer Sauerborn, Lars Gustafsson, Göran Tomson, Heiko Becher, Olaf Mueller

Open Access Research

Characterization of VAR2CSA-deficient Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes selected for adhesion to the BeWo placental cell line

Francisca Yosaatmadja, Katherine T Andrews, Michael F Duffy, Graham V Brown, James G Beeson, Stephen J Rogerson

Open Access Research

Guidelines and mindlines: why do clinical staff over-diagnose malaria in Tanzania? A qualitative study

Clare IR Chandler, Caroline Jones, Gloria Boniface, Kaseem Juma, Hugh Reyburn, Christopher JM Whitty

Open Access Research

Can changes in malaria transmission intensity explain prolonged protection and contribute to high protective efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants?

Roly D Gosling, Azra C Ghani, Jaqueline L Deen, Lorenz von Seidlein, Brian M Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan

Open Access Research

Assessment of the efficacy of antimalarial drugs recommended by the National Malaria Control Programme in Madagascar: Up-dated baseline data from randomized and multi-site clinical trials

Didier Ménard, Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Léon-Paul Rabarijaona, Lucie Raharimalala, Olivier Domarle, Laurence Randrianasolo, Arthur Randriamanantena, Martial Jahevitra, Valérie Andriantsoanirina, Marie-Ange Rason, Rogelin Raherinjafy, Emma Rakotomalala, Luciano Tuseo, Andrianirina Raveloson

Open Access Research

Imported malaria in a cosmopolitan European city: A mirror image of the world epidemiological situation

Juan Pablo Millet, Patricia Garcia de Olalla, Paloma Carrillo-Santisteve, Joaquim Gascón, Begoña Treviño, José Muñoz, Jordi Gómez i Prat, Juan Cabezos, Anna González Cordón, Joan A Caylà

Open Access Case report

Clinically uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria with high schizontaemia: A case report

Khin Maung Lwin, Elizabeth A Ashley, Stephane Proux, Kamolrat Silamut, François Nosten, Rose McGready

Open Access Research

Efficacy of amodiaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in young children of rural north-western Burkina Faso

Germain Mandi, Frank P Mockenhaupt, Boubacar Coulibaly, Peter Meissner, Olaf Müller

Open Access Research

Mosquito abundance, bed net coverage and other factors associated with variations in sporozoite infectivity rates in four villages of rural Tanzania

Eliningaya J Kweka, Watoky MM Nkya, Aneth M Mahande, Charles Assenga, Franklin W Mosha, Ester E Lyatuu, Charles P Massenga, Edwin M Nyale, Stephen B Mwakalinga, Asanterabi Lowassa

Open Access Research

Socio-economic status is inversely related to bed net use in Gabon

Julia N Goesch, Norbert G Schwarz, Marie-Luise Decker, Sunny Oyakhirome, Lea B Borchert, Ulrich D Kombila, Marc Poetschke, Bertrand Lell, Saadou Issifou, Peter G Kremsner, Martin P Grobusch

Open Access Research

The usefulness of twenty-four molecular markers in predicting treatment outcome with combination therapy of amodiaquine plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine against falciparum malaria in Papua New Guinea

Jutta Marfurt, Ivo Müller, Albert Sie, Olive Oa, John C Reeder, Thomas A Smith, Hans-Peter Beck, Blaise Genton

Open Access Methodology

Investigation of a novel approach to scoring Giemsa-stained malaria-infected thin blood films

Owen Proudfoot, Nathan Drew, Anja Scholzen, Sue Xiang, Magdalena Plebanski

Open Access Research

Role of Plasmodium falciparum thrombospondin-related anonymous protein in host-cell interactions

Reetesh Raj Akhouri, Ashwani Sharma, Pawan Malhotra, Amit Sharma

Open Access Research

Natural relapses in vivax malaria induced by Anopheles mosquitoes

Lena Huldén, Larry Huldén, Kari Heliövaara

Open Access Methodology

Towards a sterile insect technique field release of Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes in Sudan: Irradiation, transportation, and field cage experimentation

Michelle EH Helinski, Mo'awia M Hassan, Waleed M El-Motasim, Colin A Malcolm, Bart GJ Knols, Badria El-Sayed

Open Access Research

Enhanced detection of gametocytes by magnetic deposition microscopy predicts higher potential for Plasmodium falciparum transmission

Stephan Karl, Makindi David, Lee Moore, Brian T Grimberg, Pascal Michon, Ivo Mueller, Maciej Zborowski, Peter A Zimmerman

Open Access Research

Clinically immune hosts as a refuge for drug-sensitive malaria parasites

Eili Y Klein, David L Smith, Maciej F Boni, Ramanan Laxminarayan

Open Access Methodology

Evaluation of an operational malaria outbreak identification and response system in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Marlize Coleman, Michael Coleman, Aaron M Mabuza, Gerdalize Kok, Maureen Coetzee, David N Durrheim

Open Access Methodology

Evaluation of FRET real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Plasmodium species in returning travellers and migrants

Innocent Safeukui, Pascal Millet, Sébastien Boucher, Laurence Melinard, Frédéric Fregeville, Marie-Catherine Receveur, Thierry Pistone, Pierre Fialon, Philippe Vincendeau, Hervé Fleury, Denis Malvy

Open Access Research

Multiple origins of resistance-conferring mutations in Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase

Vivian N Hawkins, Alyson Auliff, Surendra Kumar Prajapati, Kanchana Rungsihirunrat, Hapuarachchige C Hapuarachchi, Amanda Maestre, Michael T O'Neil, Qin Cheng, Hema Joshi, Kesara Na-Bangchang, Carol Hopkins Sibley

Open Access Research

Cost-effectiveness analysis of insecticide-treated net distribution as part of the Togo Integrated Child Health Campaign

Dirk H Mueller, Virginia Wiseman, Dankom Bakusa, Kodjo Morgah, Aboudou Daré, Potougnima Tchamdja

Open Access Research

Distribution of knock-down resistance mutations in Anopheles gambiae molecular forms in west and west-central Africa

Federica Santolamazza, Maria Calzetta, Josiane Etang, Elena Barrese, Ibrahima Dia, Adalgisa Caccone, Martin J Donnelly, Vincenzo Petrarca, Frederic Simard, Joao Pinto, Alessandra della Torre

Open Access Research

Models for short term malaria prediction in Sri Lanka

Olivier JT Briët, Penelope Vounatsou, Dissanayake M Gunawardena, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Priyanie H Amerasinghe

Open Access Research

Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka

Olivier JT Briët, Penelope Vounatsou, Dissanayake M Gunawardena, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Priyanie H Amerasinghe

Open Access Research

Heterogeneous distribution of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance haplotypes in subsets of the host population

Sonja Schoepflin, Jutta Marfurt, Mary Goroti, Moses Baisor, Ivo Mueller, Ingrid Felger

Open Access Research

Timing of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy and the implications of current policy on early uptake in north-east Tanzania

Katherine Anders, Tanya Marchant, Pili Chambo, Pasiens Mapunda, Hugh Reyburn

Open Access Commentary

Atelier paludisme: an international malaria training course held in Madagascar

Olivier Domarle, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Jean-Bernard Duchemin, Vincent Robert, Frédéric Ariey

Open Access Research

Malaria and obesity: obese mice are resistant to cerebral malaria

Vincent Robert, Catherine Bourgouin, Delphine Depoix, Catherine Thouvenot, Marie-Noëlle Lombard, Philippe Grellier

Open Access Research

Plasma IP-10, apoptotic and angiogenic factors associated with fatal cerebral malaria in India

Vidhan Jain, Henry B Armah, Jon E Tongren, Renée M Ned, Nana O Wilson, Sara Crawford, Pradeep K Joel, Mrigendra P Singh, Avinash C Nagpal, AP Dash, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Neeru Singh, Jonathan K Stiles

Open Access Research

Cost of increasing access to artemisinin combination therapy: the Cambodian experience

Shunmay Yeung, Wim Van Damme, Duong Socheat, Nicholas J White, Anne Mills

Open Access Research

Retention and efficacy of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets distributed in eastern Sudan: a two-step community-based study

Saad El-Din Hussein Hassan, Elfatih M Malik, Somia I Okoued, Elsadig M Eltayeb

Open Access Methodology

A regulatable transgene expression system for cultured Plasmodium falciparum parasites

Christian Epp, Dima Raskolnikov, Kirk W Deitsch

Open Access Research

Escalating Plasmodium falciparum antifolate drug resistance mutations in Macha, rural Zambia

Mtawa AP Mkulama, Sandra Chishimba, Jay Sikalima, Petrica Rouse, Philip E Thuma, Sungano Mharakurwa

Open Access Research

Interactions between dendritic cells and CD4+ T cells during Plasmodium infection

Carlos Ocaña-Morgner, Kurt A Wong, Ana Rodriguez

Open Access Research

Performance and usefulness of the Hexagon rapid diagnostic test in children with asymptomatic malaria living in the Mount Cameroon region

Samuel Wanji, Helen K Kimbi, Joan E Eyong, Nicholas Tendongfor, Judith L Ndamukong

Open Access Research

Antipyretic effect of ibuprofen in Gabonese children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Pierre-Blaise Matsiégui, Michel A Missinou, Magdalena Necek, Elie Mavoungou, Saadou Issifou, Bertrand Lell, Peter G Kremsner

Open Access Research

Genetic diversity of vaccine candidate antigens in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from the Amazon basin of Peru

Stella M Chenet, OraLee H Branch, Ananias A Escalante, Carmen M Lucas, David J Bacon

Open Access Research

Plasmodium vivax trophozoites insensitive to chloroquine

Wesley W Sharrock, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Usa Lek-Uthai, Michael D Edstein, Varakorn Kosaisavee, Thomas Travers, Anchalee Jaidee, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Ric N Price, François Nosten, Bruce Russell

Open Access Research

Substandard anti-malarial drugs in Burkina Faso

Maike Tipke, Salou Diallo, Boubacar Coulibaly, Dominic Störzinger, Torsten Hoppe-Tichy, Ali Sie, Olaf Müller

Open Access Research

Access to artemisinin combination therapy for malaria in remote areas of Cambodia

Shunmay Yeung, Wim Van Damme, Doung Socheat, Nicholas J White, Anne Mills

Open Access Case report

Acute pancreatitis and subdural haematoma in a patient with severe falciparum malaria: Case report and review of literature

Pratibha Seshadri, Anand Vimal Dev, Surekha Viggeswarpu, Sowmya Sathyendra, John Victor Peter

Open Access Research

Markets, voucher subsidies and free nets combine to achieve high bed net coverage in rural Tanzania

Rashid A Khatib, Gerry F Killeen, Salim MK Abdulla, Elizeus Kahigwa, Peter D McElroy, Rene PM Gerrets, Hassan Mshinda, Alex Mwita, S Patrick Kachur

Open Access Research

Longitudinal study of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in a Karen population in Thailand

Waraphon Phimpraphi, Richard E Paul, Surapon Yimsamran, Supalarp Puangsa-art, Nipon Thanyavanich, Wanchai Maneeboonyang, Sutthiporn Prommongkol, Samarn Sornklom, Wutthichai Chaimungkun, Irwin F Chavez, Herve Blanc, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Pratap Singhasivanon

Open Access Research

Malaria transmission pattern resilience to climatic variability is mediated by insecticide-treated nets

Luis Fernando Chaves, Akira Kaneko, George Taleo, Mercedes Pascual, Mark L Wilson

Open Access Research

A method for visualizing surface-exposed and internal PfEMP1 adhesion antigens in Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes

Dominique Bengtsson, Kordai M Sowa, Ali Salanti, Anja TR Jensen, Louise Joergensen, Louise Turner, Thor G Theander, David E Arnot

Open Access Research

The insecticide resistance status of malaria vectors in the Mekong region

Wim Van Bortel, Ho Dinh Trung, Le Khanh Thuan, Tho Sochantha, Duong Socheat, Chalao Sumrandee, Visut Baimai, Kalouna Keokenchanh, Phompida Samlane, Patricia Roelants, Leen Denis, Katrijn Verhaeghen, Valerie Obsomer, Marc Coosemans

Open Access Research

Comparison of male reproductive success in malaria-refractory and susceptible strains of Anopheles gambiae

Maarten J Voordouw, Jacob C Koella, Hilary Hurd

Open Access Research

Identification of glycosaminoglycan binding regions in the Plasmodium falciparum encoded placental sequestration ligand, VAR2CSA

Mafalda Resende, Morten A Nielsen, Madeleine Dahlbäck, Sisse B Ditlev, Pernille Andersen, Adam F Sander, Nicaise T Ndam, Thor G Theander, Ali Salanti

Open Access Research

The resting sites and blood-meal sources of Anopheles minimus in Taiwan

Mei-Chun Chang, Hwa-Jen Teng, Chen-Fu Chen, Yung-Chen Chen, Chian-Ren Jeng

Open Access Research

Safety and tolerability of combination antimalarial therapies for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Ugandan children

Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Prasanna Jagannathan, Vincent M Yau, Tamara D Clark, Denise Njama-Meya, Bridget Nzarubara, Ambrose O Talisuna, Moses R Kamya, Philip J Rosenthal, Grant Dorsey, Sarah G Staedke

Open Access Case study

Monitoring antimalarial safety and tolerability in clinical trials: A case study from Uganda

Sarah G Staedke, Prasanna Jagannathan, Adoke Yeka, Hasifa Bukirwa, Kristin Banek, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Tamara D Clark, Bridget Nzarubara, Denise Njama-Meya, Arthur Mpimbaza, Philip J Rosenthal, Moses R Kamya, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Grant Dorsey, Ambrose O Talisuna

Open Access Research

Full blood count and haemozoin-containing leukocytes in children with malaria: diagnostic value and association with disease severity

Thomas Hänscheid, Matthias Längin, Bertrand Lell, Marc Pötschke, Sunny Oyakhirome, Peter G Kremsner, Martin P Grobusch

Open Access Research

One-year delayed effect of fog on malaria transmission: a time-series analysis in the rain forest area of Mengla County, south-west China

Linwei Tian, Yan Bi, Suzanne C Ho, Wenjie Liu, Song Liang, William B Goggins, Emily YY Chan, Shuisen Zhou, Joseph JY Sung

Open Access Research

Spatially-explicit risk profiling of Plasmodium falciparum infections at a small scale: a geostatistical modelling approach

Kigbafori D Silué, Giovanna Raso, Ahoua Yapi, Penelope Vounatsou, Marcel Tanner, Eliézer K N'Goran, Jürg Utzinger

Open Access Research

Polymorphism patterns in Duffy-binding protein among Thai Plasmodium vivax isolates

Panita Gosi, Srisin Khusmith, Thareerat Khalambaheti, David E Lanar, Kurt E Schaecher, Mark M Fukuda, Scott R Miller

Open Access Case report

Suppression of Plasmodium falciparum by serum collected from a case of Plasmodium vivax infection

Yoshiro Nagao, Masako Kimura-Sato, Porntip Chavalitshewinkoon-Petmitr, Supatra Thongrungkiat, Polrat Wilairatana, Takafumi Ishida, Peerapan Tan-ariya, J Brian de Souza, Srivicha Krudsood, Sornchai Looareesuwan

Open Access Methodology

Median knock-down time as a new method for evaluating insecticide-treated textiles for mosquito control

Ole Skovmand, Julien Bonnet, Olivier Pigeon, Vincent Corbel

Open Access Research

Rapid increase of Plasmodium falciparum dhfr/dhps resistant haplotypes, after the adoption of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine as first line treatment in 2002, in southern Mozambique

Sonia Enosse, Pascal Magnussen, Fatima Abacassamo, Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Anita M Rønn, Ricardo Thompson, Michael Alifrangis

Open Access Research

SURFIN4.1, a schizont-merozoite associated protein in the SURFIN family of Plasmodium falciparum

Fingani A Mphande, Ulf Ribacke, Osamu Kaneko, Fred Kironde, Gerhard Winter, Mats Wahlgren

Open Access Research

Congenital Plasmodium falciparum infection in neonates in Muheza District, Tanzania

Grace W Mwangoka, Sharadhuli I Kimera, Leonard EG Mboera

Open Access Research

Evaluation of light microscopy and rapid diagnostic test for the detection of malaria under operational field conditions: a household survey in Ethiopia

Tekola Endeshaw, Teshome Gebre, Jeremiah Ngondi, Patricia M Graves, Estifanos B Shargie, Yeshewamebrat Ejigsemahu, Berhan Ayele, Gedeon Yohannes, Tesfaye Teferi, Ayenew Messele, Mulat Zerihun, Asrat Genet, Aryc W Mosher, Paul M Emerson, Frank O Richards

Open Access Research

Recent reduction in the water level of Lake Victoria has created more habitats for Anopheles funestus

Noboru Minakawa, Gorge Sonye, Gabriel O Dida, Kyoko Futami, Satoshi Kaneko

Open Access Research

Population structure of the malaria vector Anopheles moucheti in the equatorial forest region of Africa

Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio, Cyrille Ndo, Pierre Kengne, Louis Mukwaya, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Didier Fontenille, Frédéric Simard

Open Access Research

Antibody responses to the merozoite surface protein-1 complex in cerebral malaria patients in India

Naomi W Lucchi, Jon Eric Tongren, Vidhan Jain, Avinash C Nagpal, Christian W Kauth, Ute Woehlbier, Hermann Bujard, Aditya P Dash, Neeru Singh, Jonathan K Stiles, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Open Access Research

No PfATPase6 S769N mutation found in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from China

Guoqing Zhang, Yayi Guan, Bin Zheng, Song Wu, Linhua Tang

Open Access Research

Impact of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine targeting the transmission season on the incidence of clinical malaria in children in Mali

Alassane Dicko, Issaka Sagara, Mahamadou S Sissoko, Ousmane Guindo, Abdoulbaki I Diallo, Mamady Kone, Ousmane B Toure, Massambou Sacko, Ogobara K Doumbo

Open Access Research

Antimalarial drug use in general populations of tropical Africa

Florence Gardella, Serge Assi, Fabrice Simon, Hervé Bogreau, Teunis Eggelte, Fatou Ba, Vincent Foumane, Marie-Claire Henry, Pélagie Traore Kientega, Léonardo Basco, Jean-François Trape, Richard Lalou, Maryse Martelloni, Marc Desbordes, Meïli Baragatti, Sébastien Briolant, Lionel Almeras, Bruno Pradines, Thierry Fusai, Christophe Rogier

Open Access Research

Reduction of transmission from malaria patients by artemisinin combination therapies: a pooled analysis of six randomized trials

Lucy C Okell, Chris J Drakeley, Azra C Ghani, Teun Bousema, Colin J Sutherland

Open Access Research

The usefulness of a new rapid diagnostic test, the First Response® Malaria Combo (pLDH/HRP2) card test, for malaria diagnosis in the forested belt of central India

Praveen K Bharti, Nipun Silawat, Pushpendra P Singh, Mrigendra P Singh, Manmohan Shukla, Gyan Chand, Aditya P Dash, Neeru Singh

Open Access Research

Amodiaquine-artesunate vs artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated malaria in Ghanaian children: a randomized efficacy and safety trial with one year follow-up

George O Adjei, Jorgen AL Kurtzhals, Onike P Rodrigues, Michael Alifrangis, Lotte CG Hoegberg, Emmanuel D Kitcher, Ebenezer V Badoe, Roberta Lamptey, Bamenla Q Goka

Open Access Research

Performance of self-diagnosis and standby treatment of malaria in international oilfield service employees in the field

Anna H Roukens, Johannes Berg, Alex Barbey, Leo G Visser

Open Access Methodology

Evaluation of immunoglobulin purification methods and their impact on quality and yield of antigen-specific antibodies

Elke S Bergmann-Leitner, Ryan M Mease, Elizabeth H Duncan, Farhat Khan, John Waitumbi, Evelina Angov

Open Access Research

Competency of Anopheles stephensi mysorensis strain for Plasmodium vivax and the role of inhibitory carbohydrates to block its sporogonic cycle

Hamid R Basseri, Soghra Doosti, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Mehdi Nateghpour, Miranda MA Whitten, Hossein Ladoni

Open Access Opinion

Presumptive treatment of fever cases as malaria: help or hindrance for malaria control?

Roly D Gosling, Christopher J Drakeley, Alex Mwita, Daniel Chandramohan

Open Access Research

Malaria in pregnant women in an area with sustained high coverage of insecticide-treated bed nets

Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, John R MacArthur, Wilma A Stolk, J Dik F Habbema, Hassan Mshinda, Peter B Bloland, Salim Abdulla, S Patrick Kachur

Open Access Research

The impact of HIV-1 on the malaria parasite biomass in adults in sub-Saharan Africa contributes to the emergence of antimalarial drug resistance

Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, Joris Menten, Robert Colebunders, Eline Korenromp, Umberto D'Alessandro

Open Access Case study

Prospects, achievements, challenges and opportunities for scaling-up malaria chemoprevention in pregnancy in Tanzania: the perspective of national level officers

Godfrey M Mubyazi, Ib C Bygbjerg, Pascal Magnussen, Øystein Olsen, Jens Byskov, Kristian S Hansen, Paul Bloch

Open Access Research

Dynamics of transmission of Plasmodium falciparum by Anopheles arabiensis and the molecular forms M and S of Anopheles gambiae in Dielmo, Senegal

Mamadou Ousmane Ndiath, Cécile Brengues, Lassana Konate, Cheikh Sokhna, Christian Boudin, Jean François Trape, Didier Fontenille

Open Access Research

Plasmodium falciparum variant STEVOR antigens are expressed in merozoites and possibly associated with erythrocyte invasion

Ayman Khattab, Insa Bonow, Nadine Schreiber, Michaela Petter, Christel Schmetz, Mo-Quen Klinkert

Open Access Research

Efficacy of local neem extracts for sustainable malaria vector control in an African village

Rebecca L Gianotti, Arne Bomblies, Mustafa Dafalla, Ibrahim Issa-Arzika, Jean-Bernard Duchemin, Elfatih AB Eltahir

Open Access Research

Epochal changes in the association between malaria epidemics and El Niño in Sri Lanka

Lareef Zubair, Gawrie N Galappaththy, Hyemin Yang, Janaki Chandimala, Zeenas Yahiya, Priyanie Amerasinghe, Neil Ward, Stephen J Connor

Open Access Research

Cohort study of the association of antibody levels to AMA1, MSP119, MSP3 and GLURP with protection from clinical malaria in Ghanaian children

Daniel Dodoo, Anastasia Aikins, Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi, Helena Lamptey, Ed Remarque, Paul Milligan, Samuel Bosomprah, Roma Chilengi, Yaa Difie Osei, Bartholomew Dicky Akanmori, Michael Theisen

Open Access Research

Early home treatment of childhood fevers with ineffective antimalarials is deleterious in the outcome of severe malaria

Adebola E Orimadegun, Olukemi K Amodu, Peter E Olumese, Olayemi O Omotade

Open Access Research

Evaluation of the genetic polymorphism of Plasmodium falciparum P126 protein (SERA or SERP) and its influence on naturally acquired specific antibody responses in malaria-infected individuals living in the Brazilian Amazon

Lilian Rose Pratt-Riccio, Selma Sallenave-Sales, Joseli de Oliveira-Ferreira, Bruno T da Silva, Monick Lindenmeyer Guimarães, Fátima Santos, Thatiane S de Simone, Mariza G Morgado, Salvatore G de Simone, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-Da-Cruz, Cláudio T Daniel-Ribeiro, Mariano G Zalis, Daniel Camus, Dalma M Banic

Open Access Research

Malaria vector control practices in an irrigated rice agro-ecosystem in central Kenya and implications for malaria control

Peter N Ng'ang'a, Josephat Shililu, Gayathri Jayasinghe, Violet Kimani, Charity Kabutha, Lucy Kabuage, Ephantus Kabiru, John Githure, Clifford Mutero

Open Access Research

A quantitative risk assessment approach for mosquito-borne diseases: malaria re-emergence in southern France

Nicolas Ponçon, Annelise Tran, Céline Toty, Adrian JF Luty, Didier Fontenille

Open Access Research

Malaria morbidity in Papua Indonesia, an area with multidrug resistant Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum

Muhammad Karyana, Lenny Burdarm, Shunmay Yeung, Enny Kenangalem, Noah Wariker, Rilia Maristela, Ketut Gde Umana, Ram Vemuri, Maurits J Okoseray, Pasi M Penttinen, Peter Ebsworth, Paulus Sugiarto, Nicholas M Anstey, Emiliana Tjitra, Richard N Price

Open Access Methodology

The relationship between the haemoglobin concentration and the haematocrit in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Sue J Lee, Kasia Stepniewska, Nicholas Anstey, Elizabeth Ashley, Karen Barnes, Tran Quang Binh, Umberto D'Alessandro, Nicholas PJ Day, Peter J de Vries, Grant Dorsey, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Mayfong Mayxay, Paul Newton, Francois Nosten, Piero Olliaro, Lyda Osario, Loretxu Pinoges, Ric Price, Mark Rowland, Frank Smithuis, Robert Taylor, Nicholas J White

Open Access Research

Consanguineous marriages and endemic malaria: can inbreeding increase population fitness?

Srdjan Denic, Nicolas Nagelkerke, Mukesh M Agarwal

Open Access Research

Impact of urban agriculture on malaria vectors in Accra, Ghana

Eveline Klinkenberg, PJ McCall, Michael D Wilson, Felix P Amerasinghe, Martin J Donnelly

Open Access Research

Ethnobotanical study of some of mosquito repellent plants in north-eastern Tanzania

Eliningaya J Kweka, Franklin Mosha, Asanterabi Lowassa, Aneth M Mahande, Jovin Kitau, Johnson Matowo, Michael J Mahande, Charles P Massenga, Filemoni Tenu, Emmanuel Feston, Ester E Lyatuu, Michael A Mboya, Rajabu Mndeme, Grace Chuwa, Emmanuel A Temu

Open Access Methodology

Different methodological approaches to the assessment of in vivo efficacy of three artemisinin-based combination antimalarial treatments for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in African children

Elizabeth A Ashley, Loretxu Pinoges, Eleanor Turyakira, Grant Dorsey, Francesco Checchi, Hasifa Bukirwa, Ingrid van den Broek, Issaka Zongo, Pedro Pablo Palma Urruta, Michel van Herp, Suna Balkan, Walter R Taylor, Piero Olliaro, Jean-Paul Guthmann

Open Access Research

Acquisition of naturally occurring antibody responses to recombinant protein domains of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1

Claire L Mackintosh, Zoe Christodoulou, Tabitha W Mwangi, Moses Kortok, Robert Pinches, Thomas N Williams, Kevin Marsh, Christopher I Newbold

Open Access Research

Dry season ecology of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in The Gambia

Musa Jawara, Margaret Pinder, Chris J Drakeley, Davis C Nwakanma, Ebrima Jallow, Claus Bogh, Steve W Lindsay, David J Conway

Open Access Methodology

Establishment of a large semi-field system for experimental study of African malaria vector ecology and control in Tanzania

Heather M Ferguson, Kija R Ng'habi, Thomas Walder, Demetrius Kadungula, Sarah J Moore, Issa Lyimo, Tanya L Russell, Honorathy Urassa, Hassan Mshinda, Gerry F Killeen, Bart GJ Knols

Open Access Research

Spatial prediction of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in Somalia

Abdisalan M Noor, Archie CA Clements, Peter W Gething, Grainne Moloney, Mohammed Borle, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon I Hay, Robert W Snow

Open Access Research

Improving community health worker use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia: package instructions, job aid and job aid-plus-training

Steven A Harvey, Larissa Jennings, Masela Chinyama, Fred Masaninga, Kurt Mulholland, David R Bell

Open Access Research

Malaria incidence in Limpopo Province, South Africa, 1998–2007

Annette AM Gerritsen, Philip Kruger, Maarten F Schim van der Loeff, Martin P Grobusch

Open Access Research

Insertion polymorphisms of SINE200 retrotransposons within speciation islands of Anopheles gambiae molecular forms

Federica Santolamazza, Emiliano Mancini, Frédéric Simard, Yumin Qi, Zhijian Tu, Alessandra della Torre

Open Access Case study

Integrated vector management: The Zambian experience

Emmanuel Chanda, Fred Masaninga, Michael Coleman, Chadwick Sikaala, Cecilia Katebe, Michael MacDonald, Kumar S Baboo, John Govere, Lucien Manga

Open Access Research

Unforeseen misuses of bed nets in fishing villages along Lake Victoria

Noboru Minakawa, Gabriel O Dida, Gorge O Sonye, Kyoko Futami, Satoshi Kaneko

Open Access Research

The economic burden of malaria on the household in south-central Vietnam

Chantal M Morel, Ngo Duc Thang, Nguyen Xuan Xa, Le Xuan Hung, Le Khan Thuan, Pham Van Ky, Annette Erhart, Anne J Mills, Umberto D'Alessandro

Open Access Research

Reduced paediatric hospitalizations for malaria and febrile illness patterns following implementation of community-based malaria control programme in rural Rwanda

Amy C Sievers, Jenifer Lewey, Placide Musafiri, Molly F Franke, Blaise J Bucyibaruta, Sara N Stulac, Michael L Rich, Corine Karema, Johanna P Daily

Open Access Research

Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratios in children with acute, symptomatic, uncomplicated infections treated with amodiaquine

Akintunde Sowunmi, Sulayman T Balogun, Grace O Gbotosho, Christian T Happi

Open Access Research

Var2CSA DBL6-epsilon domain expressed in HEK293 induces limited cross-reactive and blocking antibodies to CSA binding parasites

Pablo Fernandez, Nicola K Viebig, Sébastien Dechavanne, Catherine Lépolard, Jürg Gysin, Artur Scherf, Benoit Gamain

Open Access Opinion

Dynamics of positional warfare malaria: Finland and Korea compared

Lena Huldén, Larry Huldén

Open Access Research

Efficacy, safety and tolerability of artesunate-mefloquine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in four geographic zones of Nigeria

Philip U Agomo, Martin M Meremikwu, Ismaila M Watila, Innocent J Omalu, Friday A Odey, Stephen Oguche, Valentine I Ezeiru, Olugbenga O Aina

Open Access Research

Failure to detect Plasmodium vivax in West and Central Africa by PCR species typing

Richard L Culleton, Toshihiro Mita, Mathieu Ndounga, Holger Unger, Pedro VL Cravo, Giacomo M Paganotti, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Akira Kaneko, Hideaki Eto, Halidou Tinto, Corine Karema, Umberto D'Alessandro, Virgilio do Rosário, Takatoshi Kobayakawa, Francine Ntoumi, Richard Carter, Kazuyuki Tanabe

Open Access Research

Differences in Fcgamma receptor IIa genotypes and IgG subclass pattern of anti-malarial antibodies between sympatric ethnic groups in Mali

Elisabeth Israelsson, Manijeh Vafa, Bakary Maiga, Anna Lysén, Nnaemeka C Iriemenam, Amagana Dolo, Ogobara K Doumbo, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Klavs Berzins

Open Access Methodology

PCR-based detection of Plasmodium in Anopheles mosquitoes: a comparison of a new high-throughput assay with existing methods

Chris Bass, Dimitra Nikou, Andrew M Blagborough, John Vontas, Robert E Sinden, Martin S Williamson, Linda M Field

Open Access Research

Malaria transmission in Dakar: A two-year survey

Frederic Pagès, Gaetan Texier, Bruno Pradines, Libasse Gadiaga, Vanessa Machault, Fanny Jarjaval, Kristell Penhoat, Franck Berger, Jean-François Trape, Christophe Rogier, Cheikh Sokhna

Open Access Research

Ototoxicity of artemether/lumefantrine in the treatment of falciparum malaria: a randomized trial

Robert Gürkov, Teferi Eshetu, Isabel Barreto Miranda, Nicole Berens-Riha, Yoseph Mamo, Tsinuel Girma, Eike Krause, Michael Schmidt, John-Martin Hempel, Thomas Löscher

Open Access Research

A community effectiveness trial of strategies promoting intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in pregnant women in rural Burkina Faso

Sabine Gies, Sheick Oumar Coulibaly, Florence Tiemegna Ouattara, Clotilde Ky, Bernard John Brabin, Umberto D'Alessandro

Open Access Research

Malaria case-management under artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy in Uganda

Dejan Zurovac, James K Tibenderana, Joan Nankabirwa, James Ssekitooleko, Julius N Njogu, John B Rwakimari, Sylvia Meek, Ambrose Talisuna, Robert W Snow

Open Access Research

Anopheles gambiae complex along The Gambia river, with particular reference to the molecular forms of An. gambiae s.s

Beniamino Caputo, Davis Nwakanma, Musa Jawara, Majidah Adiamoh, Ibrahima Dia, Lassana Konate, Vincenzo Petrarca, David J Conway, Alessandra della Torre

Open Access Commentary

MalVac: Database of malarial vaccine candidates

Rupanjali Chaudhuri, Shakil Ahmed, Faraz Alam Ansari, Harinder Vir Singh, Srinivasan Ramachandran

Open Access Research

Pattern of humoral immune response to Plasmodium falciparum blood stages in individuals presenting different clinical expressions of malaria

Fabiana MS Leoratti, Rui R Durlacher, Marcus VG Lacerda, Maria G Alecrim, Antonio W Ferreira, Maria CA Sanchez, Sandra L Moraes

Open Access Research

Comprehensive study of proteasome inhibitors against Plasmodium falciparum laboratory strains and field isolates from Gabon

Andrea Kreidenweiss, Peter G Kremsner, Benjamin Mordmüller

Open Access Research

Dynamics of multiple insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae in a rice growing area in South-Western Burkina Faso

Kounbobr Roch Dabiré, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Luc Djogbenou, Ali Ouari, Raphaël N'Guessan, Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo, Jean-Marc Hougard, Fabrice Chandre, Thierry Baldet

Open Access Research

Effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination therapy used in the context of home management of malaria: A report from three study sites in sub-Saharan Africa

Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Edmund N Browne, Fred Bateganya, Denis Yar, Christian Happi, Catherine O Falade, Grace O Gbotosho, Bidemi Yusuf, Samuel Boateng, Kefas Mugittu, Simon Cousens, Miriam Nanyunja, Franco Pagnoni

Open Access Research

Development of behaviour change communication strategy for a vaccination-linked malaria control tool in southern Tanzania

Adiel K Mushi, Joanna Schellenberg, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Fatuma Manzi, Conrad Mbuya, Haji Mponda, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner, Pedro Alonso, Robert Pool, David Schellenberg

Open Access Research

Insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae from south-western Chad, Central Africa

Clément Kerah-Hinzoumbé, Mallaye Péka, Philippe Nwane, Issa Donan-Gouni, Josiane Etang, Albert Samè-Ekobo, Frédéric Simard

Open Access Research

Relation between Plasmodium falciparum asymptomatic infection and malaria attacks in a cohort of Senegalese children

Agnès Le Port, Michel Cot, Jean-François Etard, Oumar Gaye, Florence Migot-Nabias, André Garcia

Open Access Research

A pre-intervention study of malaria vector abundance in Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea: Their role in malaria transmission and the incidence of insecticide resistance alleles

Frances C Ridl, Chris Bass, Miguel Torrez, Dayanandan Govender, Varsha Ramdeen, Lee Yellot, Amado Edjang Edu, Christopher Schwabe, Peter Mohloai, Rajendra Maharaj, Immo Kleinschmidt

Open Access Methodology

Dried blood spots as a source of anti-malarial antibodies for epidemiological studies

Patrick H Corran, Jackie Cook, Caroline Lynch, Heleen Leendertse, Alphaxard Manjurano, Jamie Griffin, Jonathan Cox, Tarekegn Abeku, Teun Bousema, Azra C Ghani, Chris Drakeley, Eleanor Riley

Open Access Research

Costs and cost-effectiveness of delivering intermittent preventive treatment through schools in western Kenya

Matilda Temperley, Dirk H Mueller, J Kiambo Njagi, Willis Akhwale, Siân E Clarke, Matthew CH Jukes, Benson BA Estambale, Simon Brooker

Open Access Review

Heterologous expression of plasmodial proteins for structural studies and functional annotation

Lyn-Marie Birkholtz, Gregory Blatch, Theresa L Coetzer, Heinrich C Hoppe, Esmaré Human, Elizabeth J Morris, Zoleka Ngcete, Lyndon Oldfield, Robyn Roth, Addmore Shonhai, Linda Stephens, Abraham I Louw

Open Access Research

Therapeutic and prophylactic effect of intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment in infants (IPTi) from Ghana and Gabon

Jürgen May, Samuel Adjei, Wibke Busch, Julian J Gabor, Saadou Issifou, Robin Kobbe, Benno Kreuels, Bertrand Lell, Norbert G Schwarz, Ohene Adjei, Peter G Kremsner, Martin P Grobusch

Open Access Research

Impact of training in clinical and microscopy diagnosis of childhood malaria on antimalarial drug prescription and health outcome at primary health care level in Tanzania: A randomized controlled trial

Billy Ngasala, Marycelina Mubi, Marian Warsame, Max G Petzold, Amos Y Massele, Lars L Gustafsson, Goran Tomson, Zul Premji, Anders Bjorkman

Open Access Research

Predicting Global Fund grant disbursements for procurement of artemisinin-based combination therapies

Justin M Cohen, Inder Singh, Megan E O'Brien

Open Access Research

Implementation of Home based management of malaria in children reduces the work load for peripheral health facilities in a rural district of Burkina Faso

Alfred B Tiono, Youssouf Kaboré, Abdoulaye Traoré, Nathalie Convelbo, Franco Pagnoni, Sodiomon B Sirima

Open Access Research

Determinants of the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria case management: evidence from low and moderate transmission settings in the East African highlands

Tarekegn A Abeku, Mojca Kristan, Caroline Jones, James Beard, Dirk H Mueller, Michael Okia, Beth Rapuoda, Brian Greenwood, Jonathan Cox

Open Access Methodology

Effect of the haematocrit layer geometry on Plasmodium falciparum static thin-layer in vitro cultures

Jordi Ferrer, Marina D Rosal, Jaume M Vidal, Clara Prats, Joaquim Valls, Esperanza A Herreros, Daniel López, Domingo Gargallo

Open Access Research

CD36 selection of 3D7 Plasmodium falciparum associated with severe childhood malaria results in reduced VAR4 expression

Pamela A Magistrado, Trine Staalsoe, Thor G Theander, Lars Hviid, Anja TR Jensen

Open Access Research

Spatial distribution of the chromosomal forms of anopheles gambiae in Mali

Nafomon Sogoba, Penelope Vounatsou, Magaran M Bagayoko, Seydou Doumbia, Guimogo Dolo, Laura Gosoniu, Sékou F Traoré, Thomas A Smith, Yéya T Touré

Open Access Research

Spatial analysis of malaria in Anhui province, China

Wenyi Zhang, Liping Wang, Liqun Fang, Jiaqi Ma, Youfu Xu, Jiafu Jiang, Fengming Hui, Jianjun Wang, Song Liang, Hong Yang, Wuchun Cao

Open Access Research

Complement factors C1q, C3 and C5 in brain and serum of mice with cerebral malaria

Peter Lackner, Christian Hametner, Ronny Beer, Christoph Burger, Gregor Broessner, Raimund Helbok, Cornelia Speth, Erich Schmutzhard

Open Access Research

Thrombocytopaenia in pregnant women with malaria on the Thai-Burmese border

Saw Oo Tan, Rose McGready, Julien Zwang, Mupawjay Pimanpanarak, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Kyaw Lai Thwai, Yoe Moo, Elizabeth A Ashley, Bridget Edwards, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas J White, François Nosten

Open Access Research

Artemisinin derivatives versus quinine in treating severe malaria in children: a systematic review

George PrayGod, Albie de Frey, Michael Eisenhut

Open Access Research

Interaction of an atypical Plasmodium falciparum ETRAMP with human apolipoproteins

Marissa Vignali, Anastasia McKinlay, Douglas J LaCount, Rakesh Chettier, Russell Bell, Sudhir Sahasrabudhe, Robert E Hughes, Stanley Fields

Open Access Research

Differences in genetic population structures of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from patients along Thai-Myanmar border with severe or uncomplicated malaria

Pannapa Susomboon, Moritoshi Iwagami, Noppadon Tangpukdee, Srivicha Krusood, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Shigeyuki Kano

Open Access Research

The acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) delivered through the expanded programme of immunization in southern Tanzania

Robert Pool, Adiel Mushi, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Pedro Alonso, Catherine Montgomery, Marcel Tanner, Hassan Mshinda, David Schellenberg

Open Access Research

A country-wide malaria survey in Mozambique. I. Plasmodium falciparum infection in children in different epidemiological settings

Samuel Mabunda, Sónia Casimiro, Llorenç Quinto, Pedro Alonso

Open Access Research

History of malaria control in Tajikistan and rapid malaria appraisal in an agro-ecological setting

Barbara Matthys, Tohir Sherkanov, Saifudin S Karimov, Zamonidin Khabirov, Till Mostowlansky, Jürg Utzinger, Kaspar Wyss

Open Access Research

Human population, urban settlement patterns and their impact on Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity

Andrew J Tatem, Carlos A Guerra, Caroline W Kabaria, Abdisalan M Noor, Simon I Hay

Open Access Research

Country-wide assessment of the genetic polymorphism in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax antigens detected with rapid diagnostic tests for malaria

Natacha Mariette, Céline Barnadas, Christiane Bouchier, Magali Tichit, Didier Ménard

Open Access Research

Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax malaria in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia

Hiwot Teka, Beyene Petros, Lawrence Yamuah, Gezahegn Tesfaye, Ibrahim Elhassan, Simon Muchohi, Gilbert Kokwaro, Abraham Aseffa, Howard Engers

Open Access Research

Operational accuracy and comparative persistent antigenicity of HRP2 rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a hyperendemic region of Uganda

Daniel J Kyabayinze, James K Tibenderana, George W Odong, John B Rwakimari, Helen Counihan

Open Access Methodology

A highly sensitive, PCR-based method for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum clones in microtiter plates

Steven P Maher, Bharath Balu, Doug A Shoue, Matthew E Weissenbach, John H Adams

Open Access Methodology

A general SNP-based molecular barcode for Plasmodium falciparum identification and tracking

Rachel Daniels, Sarah K Volkman, Danny A Milner, Nira Mahesh, Daniel E Neafsey, Daniel J Park, David Rosen, Elaine Angelino, Pardis C Sabeti, Dyann F Wirth, Roger C Wiegand

Open Access Research

Social and cultural aspects of 'malaria' and its control in central Côte d'Ivoire

Clémence Essé, Jürg Utzinger, Andres B Tschannen, Giovanna Raso, Constanze Pfeiffer, Stefanie Granado, Benjamin G Koudou, Eliézer K N'Goran, Guéladio Cissé, Olivier Girardin, Marcel Tanner, Brigit Obrist

Open Access Research

Assessment of the pharmacokinetics and dynamics of two combination regimens of fosmidomycin-clindamycin in patients with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Ronnatrai Ruangweerayut, Sornchai Looareesuwan, David Hutchinson, Anurak Chauemung, Vick Banmairuroi, Kesara Na-Bangchang

Open Access Research

The effect of a single blood meal on the phenotypic expression of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus

Belinda L Spillings, Maureen Coetzee, Lizette L Koekemoer, Basil D Brooke

Open Access Research

Willingness and ability to pay for artemisinin-based combination therapy in rural Tanzania

Eleonor C Saulo, Birger C Forsberg, Zul Premji, Scott M Montgomery, Anders Björkman

Open Access Research

Spatio-seasonal modeling of the incidence rate of malaria in Mozambique

Rosa Abellana, Carlos Ascaso, John Aponte, Francisco Saute, Delino Nhalungo, Ariel Nhacolo, Pedro Alonso

Open Access Research

Spread of anti-malarial drug resistance: Mathematical model with implications for ACT drug policies

Wirichada Pongtavornpinyo, Shunmay Yeung, Ian M Hastings, Arjen M Dondorp, Nicholas PJ Day, Nicholas J White

Open Access Research

Evaluation of two counterflow traps for testing behaviour-mediating compounds for the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.s. under semi-field conditions in Tanzania

Wolfgang H Schmied, Willem Takken, Gerry F Killeen, Bart GJ Knols, Renate C Smallegange

Open Access Research

Variations in entomological indices in relation to weather patterns and malaria incidence in East African highlands: implications for epidemic prevention and control

Mojca Kristan, Tarekegn A Abeku, James Beard, Michael Okia, Beth Rapuoda, James Sang, Jonathan Cox

Open Access Research

Overuse of artemisinin-combination therapy in Mto wa Mbu (river of mosquitoes), an area misinterpreted as high endemic for malaria

Charles Mwanziva, Seif Shekalaghe, Arnold Ndaro, Bianca Mengerink, Simon Megiroo, Frank Mosha, Robert Sauerwein, Chris Drakeley, Roly Gosling, Teun Bousema

Open Access Research

Auditory assessment of patients with acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria treated with three-day mefloquine-artesunate on the north-western border of Thailand

Verena I Carrara, Aung P Phyo, Paw Nwee, Ma Soe, Hsar Htoo, Jaruwan Arunkamomkiri, Pratap Singhasivanon, François Nosten

Open Access Research

Implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) at a district health centre in rural Senegal

Piero L Olliaro, Henriette Delenne, Moustafa Cisse, Malick Badiane, Alberto Olliaro, Michel Vaillant, Philippe Brasseur

Open Access Research

Declining incidence of malaria imported into the UK from West Africa

Ron H Behrens, Bernadette Carroll, Valerie Smith, Neal Alexander

Open Access Research

Prevalence of pfmdr1, pfcrt, pfdhfr and pfdhps mutations associated with drug resistance, in Luanda, Angola

Paula Figueiredo, Carla Benchimol, Dinora Lopes, Luís Bernardino, Virgílio E do Rosário, Luís Varandas, Fátima Nogueira

Open Access Research

Alterations on peripheral B cell subsets following an acute uncomplicated clinical malaria infection in children

Amolo S Asito, Ann M Moormann, Chelimo Kiprotich, Zipporah W Ng'ang'a, Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Rosemary Rochford

Open Access Research

Dispensary level pilot implementation of rapid diagnostic tests: an evaluation of RDT acceptance and usage by providers and patients – Tanzania, 2005

Holly Ann Williams, Louise Causer, Emmy Metta, Aggrey Malila, Terrence O'Reilly, Salim Abdulla, S Patrick Kachur, Peter B Bloland

Open Access Research

Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum cytochrome b gene are associated with delayed parasite recrudescence in malaria patients treated with atovaquone-proguanil

Colin J Sutherland, Matt Laundy, Nicholas Price, Martina Burke, Quinton L Fivelman, Geoffrey Pasvol, John L Klein, Peter L Chiodini

Open Access Research

Extensive dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum densities, stages and genotyping profiles

Anna Färnert, Marianne Lebbad, Lea Faraja, Ingegerd Rooth

Open Access Research

Sublingual sugar for hypoglycaemia in children with severe malaria: A pilot clinical study

Bertrand Graz, Moussa Dicko, Merlin L Willcox, Bernard Lambert, Jacques Falquet, Mathieu Forster, Sergio Giani, Chiaka Diakite, Eugène M Dembele, Drissa Diallo, Hubert Barennes

Open Access Review

The content of African diets is adequate to achieve optimal efficacy with fixed-dose artemether-lumefantrine: a review of the evidence

Zulfiqarali G Premji, Salim Abdulla, Bernhards Ogutu, Alice Ndong, Catherine O Falade, Issaka Sagara, Nathan Mulure, Obiyo Nwaiwu, Gilbert Kokwaro

Open Access Research

Malaria treatment-seeking behaviour and recovery from malaria in a highland area of Kenya

Peter O Sumba, S Lindsey Wong, Hemal K Kanzaria, Kelsey A Johnson, Chandy C John

Open Access Research

Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nigerian infants and children

Catherine O Falade, Oluwatoyin O Ogunkunle, Hannah O Dada-Adegbola, Adegoke G Falade, Patricia Ibarra de Palacios, Philip Hunt, Mailis Virtanen, Ayoade M Oduola, Lateef A Salako

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